attribute_groups are not supposed to change at runtime. All functions working with attribute_groups provided by <linux/attribute_container.h> and <linux/sysfs.h> work with const attribute_group. So mark the non-const structs as const.
File size before: text data bss dec hex filename 15444 1616 0 17060 42a4 drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.o File size After adding 'const': text data bss dec hex filename 15572 1488 0 17060 42a4 drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.o Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav...@gmail.com> --- drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.c index d0219e3..ec723b2 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.c @@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@ static DECLARE_ANON_TRANSPORT_CLASS(spi_device_class, NULL }; -static struct attribute_group host_attribute_group = { +static const struct attribute_group host_attribute_group = { .attrs = host_attributes, }; @@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ static umode_t target_attribute_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj, NULL }; -static struct attribute_group target_attribute_group = { +static const struct attribute_group target_attribute_group = { .attrs = target_attributes, .is_visible = target_attribute_is_visible, }; -- 1.9.1